#hobby progress challenge

[pope509]

I finished these dudes a bit ago. They've probably just sat in my display for 2 years at this point and I honestly just really felt kinda plaguey and needed to get a battleline unit done for the Independent Characters Hobby Progress Challenge.

I also wanted to add one of the first Plague lads I ever painted to this just cause, damn, I've come a long ways in the past 4 years.

[lordgrantius]

Work on my chapter master/second company captain. Basically need to glue the shield on.

I really enjoyed painting this model, now just to figure out why I hate painting guns (bolters, missile launchers especially). I like detail work....

[lordgrantius]

Hobby Progress Challenge - March completed! And April showcase.

I said last time that I wanted to try and get ahead since I know the scouts are going to suck, bad. Why did I commit to ten? Why didn't I do five? And do more honour guard!

Alas. Here's the terminators, which I've since primed (Technically, by timing, I shot the terminators before the dreadnought. I was still working on the freehand Ultra symbol, and realized I had forgot the ... camera? on the heavy bolter arm). It's so much easier to spray blue over red! So easy to see where I missed....

[lordgrantius]

Updates and the Hobby Progress Challenge

Alas, no hobby progress to show, though I have done some painting. A combat squad of tactical marines is done, the support half is mostly done. Most importantly I've decided to join the Independent Characters' Hobby Progress Challenge for 2014!

Rules are posted on their website, but briefly I'll need to paint (showing regular progress) 1000pts of Zone Mortalis force between February and June, inclusive, and then increase it to 2000pts of whole army through November. For me, this is mainly to be an infantry force for the first half, and adding allies and vehicles for the second half.

I'm discounting (to be fair and comply by the rules, which say I have to show the models unpainted at the start date) the three Ultramarine tactical squads, the Ultramarines scout snipers, the two Salamanders tactical squads and the Salamanders thunderfire cannon. For the HPC, then, I decided to continue to work on my Ultramarines, adding to my force.

1st part, Zone Mortalis:

HQ - Chapter Master, Shield Eternal, Artificier, Power axe Honour Guard - five strong, Chapter Banner

This will give me quite the hammer unit.

Elites - Assault Terminators, for more hammer. Dreadnought, for fun. Have to double check that these are allowed in Zone Mortalis.

Troops - Tactical squad, 10 strong, combi-plas and plas Scouts, 10 strong

10 strong means can be split to four scoring units.

2nd part, I'll add ranged Terminators, a Storm Talon, and a Hunter, with allied Crimson Fist captain, tactical squad (with melta) and Devastators (with flakk missiles - perhaps skyfire overkill, but)

Hopefully pictures soon, and updates as they come.